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    This document lists various indoor plants and categorizes them as toxic, caution advised, or safe for cats. It warns that cycads, alocasia, and aloe vera can be toxic to cats. Several popular houseplants like pothos, Chinese evergreen, peace lily, and spider plant are identified as safe for cats. The document provides both common and scientific names for over 50 different plant species.

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    This document lists various indoor plants and categorizes them as toxic, caution advised, or safe for cats. It warns that cycads, alocasia, and aloe vera can be toxic to cats. Several popular houseplants like pothos, Chinese evergreen, peace lily, and spider plant are identified as safe for cats. The document provides both common and scientific names for over 50 different plant species.

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    Cats and indoor plants

    Toxic Caution advised Safe Sanseviera (snake plant, mother-in-law’s tongue,


    viper’s bowstring hemp)
    Schefflera (umbrella tree rubber, Australian ivy palm,
    Cycad (cycas revolute, sago palm, zamia, fern palm) starleaf, octopus tree)
    Tradescantia* (wandering Jew plant, speedy Henry)
    Alocasia (elephant ear, dwarf taro,
    malanga, caladium) Yucca (asparagaceae family, agavoideae)
    Aloe vera (liliaceae family) Zamioculcas zamiifolia (zz plant, Zanzibar gem,
    fern arum)
    Ant plant (hydnophytum papuanum, maze plant)
    Anthurium (tail flower, flamingo flower, laceleaf, Aeschynanthus japhrolepsis (lipstick plant)
    pigtail plant, giant laceleaf)
    Alocasia portodora (Chinese money plant, pilea,
    Arrow head vine (syngonium neon robusta, pancake plant)
    nephthytis, African evergreen)
    Aspidistra (cast iron plant, bar room plant,
    Asparagus fern* (emerald fern, emerald feather, aspidistra elatior)
    pumosa fern, sprengeri fern, lace fern, shatavari)
    Boston fern (sword fern, nephrolepis exaltata)
    Bird of paradise (strelitzia reginae, crane flower,
    strelizia nicolai, white bird of paradise, wild banana) Bromeliad (neoregelia pink sensation, aregelia)
    Caryota mitis* (fishtail palm) Calathea orbifolia (calathea zebrina, zebra plant,
    maranta, insignis, peacock plant, rattle snake plant,
    Castanospermum (moreton bay chestnut, red veined prayer plant)
    black bean, Australian chestnut)
    Calathea (prayer plant, calathea medallion,
    Cheese plant* (monstera deliciosa, ceriman, calathea sanderiana, pin stripe calathea)
    custard plant, Indian ivy, fruit salad plant, Mexican
    breadfruit, monstera adansonii, monkey plant) Ceropegia woodii (string of hearts,
    hearts entangled, sweetheart vine)
    Chinese evergreen (aglaonema)
    Christmas cactus (schlumbergera, Easter cactus,
    Clusia November cactus)
    Dracaena (corn plant, massangeana, Janet Craig, Cissus dicolor (grape ivy, climbing begonia, vitaceae)
    dragon plant, dragon tree, ribbon plant – note: not
    same as safe ribbon plant – see Spider plant) Cocus nucifera (coconut palm)
    Dumb cane (dieffenbachia) – all varieties Crocodile fern
    English ivy (hedera helix, common ivy, European ivy) Curly spider plant (hlorophytum comosum,
    variegated spider plant, airplane plant,
    Ficus benjamina (Benjamin tree, java fig, java tree, ribbon plant)
    small-leaved rubber plant, tropic laurel,
    Indian rubber plant, weeping fig) Delosperma echinatum
    Fig or ficus (fiddle leaf fig, ficus lyrata, banjo fig, Fishbone cactus
    ficus lyrata bambino)
    Hoya (wax flower, hoya carnosa tricolor,
    Homalomena rubescens (red shield plant, honey plant)
    queen of hearts)
    Kentia palm (howea forseriana, thatch palm,
    Iron cross begonia (begonia masoniana) paradise palm)
    Jade plant (crassula argentea, Chinese/Japanese/ Maidenhair fern (adiantum, Venus’ hair fern)
    dwarf rubber plant)
    Money tree (pachira aquatica)
    Kalanchoe (oak leaf plant, mother-in-law plant,
    Musa dwarf cavendish (banana dwarf cavendish)
    devil’s backbone, chandelier plant, feltbush,
    feltplant, velvetleaf) Orchids
    Peace lily (spathiphyllum wallisii, white sails) Parlour palm (chamaedorea elegans, neanthe
    bella palm, fishtail dwarf palm, good luck palm,
    Pencil cactus (cactus euphorbia tirucalli,
    bamboo palm)
    candelabra tree, cactus spurge)
    Phlebodium aureum (polypody, blue star fern)
    Philodendron (scandens, heart leaf,
    sweetheart plant, philodendron imperial green, Sedum – many varieties, safe
    araceae, monstera)
    Watermelon peperomia (peperomia argyreia,
    Poinsettia* (euphorbia, Christmas flower) watermelon begonia)
    Polyscias fabian* (dinner plate aralia, ployscias aralia) Zebra plant (haworthia fascinata)
    – looks similar to aloe vera but this is safe
    Pothos, golden, satin, silk, neon (devil’s ivy,
    taro vine, Rapunzel, ceylon creeper,
    ivy arum, epipremnum aureum) * contact with these plants may be sufficient
    to cause skin irritation
    Rubber plant (ficus elastica, ficus robusta)

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